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Introduction to Maya - Modeling Fundamentals Vol 2

This course will look in the fundamentals of modeling in Maya with an emphasis on creating good topology. It's aimed at people that have some modeling experience in Maya but are having trouble with complex objects.

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cleaning up

should you always clean up your edges and vetex's? i was just wondering while creating my model if it should be done or not? also i got another...

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by jtg91

22-03-2007|03:58 PM

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hi i am sridevi.ponugoti

i am very intrested to learn maya please help me

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by xsx

22-03-2007|10:05 AM

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Rendering? How do I get a clean clear untextured render?

How do I get create a render that looks like this? http://www.casa.ucl.ac.uk/andy/blogimages/ucl.jpg or this... ...

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by gster123

22-03-2007|06:08 AM

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very very new and confused

Hi, I've very recently been exposed to some CG art and have been overwhelmed!! I've been reading through some of the forums and noticed that...

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by bierius

22-03-2007|05:11 AM

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Problems inserting isoparms

I got a problem. When I am modeling with nurbs, and wants to insert isoparms on an object, the object gets completely unchangeable afterwards. I...

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by Sgart

22-03-2007|12:23 AM

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Global control and leg rotation problem

I've got another issue with my rig. The rig's got a global control that drives the rotation, scale and translation of the whole rig - so I can...

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by JamesP

21-03-2007|07:03 PM

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UV texture placement doesn't stick?

Greetings, This site is quite extensive, I did look through it, but I must admit I might have overlooked this part, if I posted this double,...

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by pegla

21-03-2007|01:27 PM

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MacBook Pro and a 2-button mouse....

Greetings, I do know from this forum and other recommendations that a 3-button mouse is critical. Makes sense. There are times though that I...

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by Jr.Who

21-03-2007|01:23 PM

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texturing question..

I've made a box, four lids that fold out and open. The top of the box, where the lids are is a different texture to the rest of the box - it reads...

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by JamesP

21-03-2007|03:44 AM

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maya foundation robot eyes

Hello all, I would like to set up the eyes from the small robot in the book learning maya foundation. they've skiped over much of modeling the...

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by jasmyno

20-03-2007|07:09 PM

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yet another rigging problem

I've stumbled across yet another rigging problem with my character... I've got my character set up and (more or less skinned) - although I have a...

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by JamesP

20-03-2007|03:43 PM

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Where? Maya Training...

Hello all... I Am a 3D arstist for a while now. I live in montreal, quebec, canada, and wanted to get to learn the software (maya)...But...not...

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by the_brein

20-03-2007|11:45 AM

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Alpha Channels

Hey guys, Just finished the alpha channels tutorial, and I was wondering if you can save files with alpha channels only as .tgaÕs. Can I save them...

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by Jr.Who

20-03-2007|09:04 AM

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Error when loading cloth plug-in

Hey guys, IÕm taking the cloth tutorial, and so I went to load the cloth plug-in and it came up with this error: // Error: No valid licenses to...

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by Jr.Who

20-03-2007|07:08 AM

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Attribute sliders stop short

In the Attribute Editor, I can't drag any 0-1 slider all the way to 1. It stops instead at 0.946, so I have to type a 1 into the field. I must be...

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by roach105

20-03-2007|06:57 AM

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middle mouse button

what should i do to drag an object in maya if i dont have the middle mouse button?please help,......

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by Radical Edward

20-03-2007|04:22 AM

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when to group and when to merge objects

when should you merge objects/verts and when should you just group them? im looking for instances and reasons. i have to think that it's much...

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by Radical Edward

20-03-2007|04:20 AM

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walk cycle

I have not done a whole lot of animation but I know how to get a walk cycle going but I don't know how to make the character walk across the scene. I...

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by farbtopf

19-03-2007|07:55 PM

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My clothes on my character don't animate

Heya guys Thanks to that Maya cloth tutorial, I managed to get my cloth to wrap in my character and now its in the state I am happy with. My...

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by mwarsame

19-03-2007|07:29 PM

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split edge ring tool

ok, here's the question - When you use the split polygon tool you can set the number of magnets to ensure that the split is precise - so if you...

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by arran

19-03-2007|07:09 PM

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recommend modeling

i was just wondering what you would suggest to model as a beginner as i am from animation and there are lots of things that people suggest to animate...

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by jtg91

19-03-2007|06:32 PM

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question about blend shape

i have this character that i started modeling using NURBS, after which i convert to sub div and finally to polygons so i can stich up my joints by...

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